1976 New Orleans Saints (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	14-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	56039
Sat	8/7/1976	A	Houston Oilers	13-10	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	38675
Fri	8/13/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	21-14	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	36110
Fri	8/20/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	26-20	W	OT	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	38879
Sat	8/28/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	13-10	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	60044
Sat	9/4/1976	H	Miami Dolphins	7-20	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	63383
Sun	9/12/1976	H	Minnesota Vikings	9-40	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	58156
Sun	9/19/1976	H	Dallas Cowboys	6-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	61413
Sun	9/26/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	27-17	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	53918
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Houston Oilers	26-31	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51973
Sun	10/10/1976	H	Atlanta Falcons	30-0	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51521
Sun	10/17/1976	A	San Francisco 49ers	3-33	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	43160
Sun	10/24/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-16	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	51984
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Atlanta Falcons	20-23	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	33702
Sun	11/7/1976	A	Green Bay Packers	27-32	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	52936
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Detroit Lions	17-16	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	42048
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Seattle Seahawks	51-27	W		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	61865
Sun	11/28/1976	A	Los Angeles Rams	14-33	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	54906
Sun	12/5/1976	A	New England Patriots	6-27	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	53592
Sun	12/12/1976	H	San Francisco 49ers	7-27	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	42536

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Pete Athas	45	LCB-RS	5-11	185	30	Tennessee	13	5
Steve Baumgartner	63	RDE	6-7	245	25	Purdue	14	13
Tom Blanchard	16	P	6-0	185	28	Oregon	14	0
Ken Bordelon	50	LB	6-4	228	22	Louisiana State	12	0
Larry Burton	80	WR	6-1	193	25	Purdue	14	12
Warren Capone	51	LB	6-1	218	25	Louisiana State	7	0
Rusty Chambers	51	LLB	6-1	218	23	Tulane	4	1
Clarence Chapman	24	CB	5-10	175	23	Eastern Michigan	1	0
Henry Childs	85	TE	6-2	226	25	Kansas State	14	11
Wayne Colman	59	LB	6-1	227	30	Temple	7	0
Chuck Crist	44	LS-RS	6-2	205	25	Penn State	14	14
Andy Dorris	69	LDE	6-4	248	25	New Mexico State	14	6
Bobby Douglass	10	QB	6-3	223	29	Kansas	11	6
Joe Federspiel	58	MLB	6-2	230	26	Kentucky	14	14
Tony Galbreath	34	RB	6-0	228	22	Centerville JC; Missouri	14	13
Elois Grooms	78	RDE	6-4	250	23	Tennessee Tech	11	1
Lee Gross	56	C	6-3	230	23	Auburn	14	0
Jeff Hart	65	OT	6-5	252	23	Oregon State	14	0
Don Herrmann	87	WR	6-2	195	29	Waynesburg	14	14
John Hill	62	C	6-2	246	26	Lehigh	14	14
Ernie Jackson	30	LCB	5-10	176	26	Duke	10	10
Benny Johnson	22	CB	5-11	175	28	Johnson C. Smith	9	0
Drew Jones	36	RB	6-2	216	24	Washington State	2	1
Kim Jones	32	RB	6-4	243	24	Colorado State	11	0
Jim Kearney	46	LS	6-2	205	33	Prairie View A&M	14	2
Rick Kingrea	55	LB	6-1	228	27	Tulane	14	1
Alvin Maxson	28	RB	5-11	201	25	Southern Methodist	14	0
Leon McQuay	25	RB	5-9	195	26	Tampa	4	0
Jim Merlo	57	LLB	6-1	220	25	Fresno CC; Stanford	14	13
Marv Montgomery	77	LOT	6-6	255	28	Los Angeles Valley JC; Southern California	9	7
Derland Moore	74	RDT	6-4	265	25	Oklahoma	14	14
Don Morrison	76	ROT	6-5	257	27	Texas-Arlington	14	14
Chuck Muncie	42	RB	6-3	233	23	Arizona Western JC; California	12	11
Tommy Myers	37	RS	6-0	180	26	Syracuse	14	12
Tinker Owens	83	WR	5-11	170	22	Oklahoma	14	1
Bob Pollard	82	LDE	6-3	248	28	Texas Southern; Weber State	8	8
Elex Price	75	LDT	6-3	260	26	Alcorn State	14	13
Kurt Schumacher	71	LOG	6-3	246	24	Ohio State	14	9
Bobby Scott	12	QB	6-1	201	27	Tennessee	11	8
Paul Seal	84	TE	6-4	223	24	Michigan	14	3
Maurice Spencer	29	RCB	6-0	176	24	North Carolina Central	14	14
Terry Stieve	68	LOG-RIOG	6-2	263	22	Wisconsin	14	6
Mike Strachan	33	RB	6-0	199	23	Iowa State	10	3
Rich Szaro	15	K	5-11	204	28	Harvard	14	0
Jim Thaxton	86	TE	6-2	241	27	Tennessee State	11	1
Greg Westbrooks	60	RLB	6-2	218	23	Colorado Mesa; Colorado	14	14
Tom Wickert	66	LOT	6-4	252	24	Washington State	7	7
Jeff Winans	73	LDT	6-5	265	25	Modesto JC; Southern California	3	1
Emanuel Zanders	79	ROG	6-1	248	25	Jackson State	14	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	3	Chuck Muncie	RB	California
2	32	Tony Galbreath	RB	Missouri
3	77	Bob Simmons	T	Texas
4	95	Tinker Owens	WR	Oklahoma
5	127	Scott Parrish	T	Utah State
6	160	Terry Stieve	G	Wisconsin
7	201	Ed Bauer	G	Notre Dame
8	213	Craig Cassady	DB	Ohio State
9	240	Warren Peiffer	DT	Iowa
10	269	Junior Hardin	LB	Eastern Kentucky
11	294	Greg Kokal	QB	Kent State
12	323	Milton Butts	T	North Carolina Central
13	350	Kenny Downing	DB	Missouri
14	379	Rich Hucke	DE	Montana-Western
15	406	Steve Seminoff	DT	Wichita State
16	435	Gene Jones	T	Bowling Green State
17	462	Scott MacDonald	TE	West Virginia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	23	83	75	72	253
Opponents Totals	69	116	69	92	346

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		226	92	111	23	61/210 29.0%	/ %	103	901
Opponents Totals		275	129	121	25	81/214 37.9%	/ %	105	883

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Rich Szaro	0	25	29	86.2	18	23	78.3	0	79
Tony Galbreath	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Henry Childs	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Larry Burton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bobby Douglass	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Merlo	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Chuck Muncie	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Strachan	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Warren Capone	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Alvin Maxson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tommy Myers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tinker Owens	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Elex Price	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bobby Scott	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Thaxton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	29	25	29	86.2	18	23	78.3	0	253
Opponents Totals	44	36	44	81.8	14	17	82.4	2	346

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rich Szaro	18	23	78.3	0	50	1/1	8/8	4/5	4/7	1/2
Team Totals	18	23	78.3	0	50	1/1	8/8	4/5	4/7	1/2
Opponents Totals	14	17	82.4			1/1	5/5	5/6	3/4	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Muncie	149	659	4.4	51	2
Tony Galbreath	136	570	4.2	74t	7
Mike Strachan	66	258	3.9	31	2
Alvin Maxson	34	120	3.5	16	1
Bobby Douglass	21	92	4.4	19	2
Bobby Scott	12	48	4.0	13	1
Kim Jones	6	21	3.5	10	0
Henry Childs	1	16	16.0	16t	1
Drew Jones	1	2	2.0	2	0
Larry Burton	3	-4	-1.3	4	0
Paul Seal	2	-7	-3.5	-1	0
Team Totals	431	1775	4.1	74t	16
Opponents Totals	554	2289	4.1	38	22

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Scott	190	103	54.2	81	1065	5.6	10.3	60t	4	2.1	6	3.2	24	162	903	64.5
Bobby Douglass	213	103	48.4	102	1288	6.0	12.5	74	4	1.9	8	3.8	26	189	1099	58.2
Tom Blanchard	0	0		0	0				0		0		1	18	-18
Team Totals	403	206	51.1	183	2353	5.8	11.4	74	8	2.0	14	3.5	51	369	1984	61.2
Opponents Totals	367	200	54.5	155	2514	6.9	12.6	55t	18	4.9	12	3.3	39	312	2202	78.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Galbreath	54	420	7.8	35	1			0
Don Herrmann	34	535	15.7	57	0				0
Chuck Muncie	31	272	8.8	33	0			0
Henry Childs	26	349	13.4	46t	3				0
Larry Burton	18	297	16.5	69t	2				0
Tinker Owens	12	241	20.1	74	1				0
Paul Seal	9	72	8.0	15	0		0	0
Jim Thaxton	7	112	16.0	25t	1			0	0
Alvin Maxson	7	21	3.0	14	0		0	0
Mike Strachan	6	22	3.7	14	0		0	0
Kim Jones	1	14	14.0	14	0		0	0	0
Bobby Douglass	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	206	2353	11.4	74	8
Opponents Totals	200	2514	12.6	55t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Merlo	4	142	35.5	83t	2
Pete Athas	2	22	11.0	22	0
Ernie Jackson	2	5	2.5	5	0
Elex Price	1	23	23.0	23t	1
Chuck Crist	1	20	20.0	20	0
Tommy Myers	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maurice Spencer	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	12	212	17.7	83t	3
Opponents Totals	14	140	10.0	32	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom Blanchard	101	3974	39.3	63	0	5	14	742	3132	31.0
Team Totals	101	3974	39.3	63	0	5	14	742	3132	31.0
Opponents Totals	88	3469	39.4	67	1	10	16	375	2894	32.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Pete Athas	35	10	332	9.5	67	0
Tommy Myers	2	0	22	11.0	11	0
Tony Galbreath	2	0	8	4.0	4	0
Leon McQuay	2	0	5	2.5	11	0
Chuck Crist	1	2	8	8.0	8	0
Tinker Owens	0	2	0			0
Team Totals	42	14	375	8.9	67	0
Opponents Totals	64	10	742	11.6	60t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Tony Galbreath	20	399	20.0	32
Alvin Maxson	11	191	17.4	28
Jim Thaxton	8	185	23.1	41
Leon McQuay	8	151	18.9	28
Chuck Muncie	3	69	23.0	28
Clarence Chapman	3	63	21.0	26
Pete Athas	2	68	34.0	39
Kurt Schumacher	2	17	8.5	14
Warren Capone	2	0	0.0	0
Jeff Hart	1	12	12.0	12
Kim Jones	1	12	12.0	12
Henry Childs	1	6	6.0	6
Team Totals	62	1173	18.9	41
Opponents Totals	54	1359	25.2	45

SACKS	NO	YDS
Elex Price	8.5
Derland Moore	8.0
Bob Pollard	8.0
Andy Dorris	5.5
Greg Westbrooks	3.0
Steve Baumgartner	2.0
Elois Grooms	2.0
Jim Merlo	2.0
Team Totals	39.0	312.0
Opponents Totals	51.0	369.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Athas	3		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Baumgartner	0	0	0	2	2	-2	0
Warren Capone	2		0	1	1	2	1
Henry Childs	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Chuck Crist	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Bobby Douglass	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Federspiel	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tony Galbreath	7		1	0	1	0	0
Ernie Jackson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Kearney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Kingrea	0	0	0	2	2	25	0
Alvin Maxson	3		2	0	2	6	0
Leon McQuay	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Merlo	1		0	0	0	0	0
Don Morrison	0	0	1	1	2	3	0
Chuck Muncie	6		1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Myers	1		1	2	3	22	1
Bob Pollard	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bobby Scott	3		2	0	2	-2	0
Paul Seal	1		0	0	0	0	0
Maurice Spencer	0	0	0	5	5	5	0
Mike Strachan	3		0	0	0	0	0
Greg Westbrooks	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Emanuel Zanders	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	32	21	11	27	38	64	2
Opponents Totals	38	27	11	18	29		2

John Beake	Offensive Backfield
Buck Buchanan	Defensive Line
Whitey Campbell	Special Teams
Jim Garrett	Defensive Backs
Alvin Roy	Conditioning
Sam Rutigliano	Wide Receivers
Doug Shively	Linebackers
Dick Stanfel	Offensive Line
Dick Wood	Quarterbacks